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diff --git a/tutorial/index.md b/tutorial/index.md index 95f7b742..ea0d6948 100644 --- a/tutorial/index.md +++ b/tutorial/index.md @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cd mu Run a small program to start: ``` -./translate apps/ex5.mu +./translate tutorial/task1.mu qemu-system-i386 code.img ``` @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If you aren't on Linux, the command for creating `code.img` will be slightly different: ``` -./translate_emulated apps/ex5.mu +./translate_emulated tutorial/task1.mu qemu-system-i386 code.img ``` @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Either way, you should see this: If you have any trouble at this point, don't waste _any_ time thinking about it. Just [get in touch](http://akkartik.name/contact). -(You can look at `apps/ex5.mu` at this point if you like. It's just a few +(You can look at `tutorial/task1.mu` at this point if you like. It's just 3 lines long. But don't worry if it doesn't make much sense.) ## Task 2: running tests @@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ This time the screen will look like this: <img alt='screenshot of failing test on the Mu computer' src='task2.png'> -Each of the dots is a _test_, a little self-contained and automated program -run with an expected result. Mu comes with a lot of tests, and it always runs -all tests before it runs any program. You may have missed the dots when you -ran Task 1 because there were no failures. They were printed on the screen and +Each of the dots represents a _test_, a little self-contained and automated +program run and its results verified. Mu comes with a lot of tests (every +function starting with 'test-' is a test), and it always runs all tests on +boot before it runs any program. You may have missed the dots when you ran +Task 1 because there were no failures. They were printed on the screen and then immediately erased. In Task 2, however, we've deliberately included a failing test. When any tests fail, Mu will immediately stop, showing you messages from failing tests and implicitly asking you to first fix them. @@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ quotes. ## Task 4: your first Mu statement Mu is a statement-oriented language. Read the first section of the [Mu syntax -description](https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/mu.md) to learn a little -bit about it. +description](https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/mu.md) (until the first +sub-heading, "functions and calls") to learn a little bit about it. Here's a skeleton of a Mu function that's missing a single statement. |